Essentials of Life-Span Development

The entire lifespan in 500 pages. What’s the greatest challenge in teaching the Life-Span Development course? Covering a lifetime of material in a single term. Instructors from across the country have clamored for a streamlined text that captures the core concepts of life-span development. Essentials of Life-Span Development was carefully designed and constructed to deliver these core concepts along with a strong applications focus reflecting the broad range of interests and backgrounds of students taking this course. And as always with John Santrock’s texts, the latest research in the field is incorporated throughout.